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I am really serious about not being followed and somehow doubled my followers in the last weeks. 😭You won’t like my takes and rants. And my tl is not all rainbows & I engage with people pissing me off depending on my mood, you are warned. Feel free to unfollow!

Why is everything BTS says or does so freaking endearing? I swear I love them more every single day.

without youtube btw, arirang is truly the album of the year

2026 Melon Music Awards & MAMA prediction - BTS, SWIM, ARIRANG MMA #1 - Top10, Artist of the year, Album of the year, Best Male Group #7 - Song of the year MAMA #1 - Artist of the year, Album of the year, Best Male Group, Best Dance Performance Male Group #5 - Song of the year

haven't seen anyone say bts paved the way recently so bts paved the way

track talk // significance of body to body & the sample in the album curation [why it is the perfect bridge track] as the opener, the Arirang sample anchors the album in 600 years of tradition, transforming b2b from a standard pop-rap track into a profound cultural mission statement. without this grounding, the project would have risked feeling like a generic global pop collection rather than a cohesive testament to korean identity and resilience. in this song, the midpoint between their previous and current eras BTS directly combats westernization allegations by weaponizing a folk lament into an industrial stadium anthem, forcing the global industry to adapt to korean vocal textures. by placing the Arirang sample in the 2.0 era's first track, they signaled that their global reach is now a tool for cultural dominance over assimilation. that they did not return to fit a standard 'pop star' mold, but to force the world stage to accommodate the unfiltered sounds and metaphors of their roots. the song acts as a physical and literal bridge between the isolation of the hiatus and the shared reality of a stadium. Without it, the 'jump' from their pre-hiatus sound to more aggressive tracks like Hooligan or FYA would have lacked a grounded introduction. It's almost the track tying both BTS's 1.0 & 2.0 era hand in hand.

arirang is truly dominating everywhere and i couldn’t be happier that an album full of identity, full of artistry, like this one is getting its flowers. what a masterpiece

reminder that “yet to come” by BTS is the first grammy nominated song to receive this honor in 60 years.

also since it's excluded from all charts (BB, country etc.) i think all records are with 13 eligible songs and we should start seeing it that way. ARIRANG has charted all of it's songs for 44 consecutive days on spotify. let's aim to take the #1 spot (62 days) and more

Just a reminder that there are bigger goals we are aiming for. Keep streaming please, the entire album top to bottom.

you have got to be a titan act to be competing not just with today’s top leagues but with some of the biggest pop culture moments of the last 40+ years.. oh bts you are fucked up for this.

"Into The Sun" has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify, 13th song from 'ARIRANG' and @BTS_twt's 145th song to achieve this!

The more digitals we have globally, the less points will our competitors get for theirs. So it's not enough to just have the most global digital - we need a gap as big as possible. Stream and buy SWIM so we can make history with another daesang sweep

some of yall need to realize that just because the tannies feel comfortable enough to share something with us doesn’t automatically make it our business to start psychoanalysing and misinterpreting all of their words and actions

You guys know the bell isn’t a song just like the skits right? So any record like all songs to reach x milestone, or longest charting album with all songs etc etc aren’t affected by the bells numbers/charting (with this said we are still streaming the bell though!)

Actually yes, so if we go by this, all 13 eligible songs have been charting on global Spotify for 44 days ?! 🧐 Do not abandon the bell though, let’s get it to 100 million soon.

Albums to have the MOST days charting ALL it's songs inside the Global Spotify Chart: #1 Un Verano Sin Ti — 61 days #2 "SOUR" — 58 days #3 "ARIRANG" — 44(+1) days** #4 "The Life Of A Showgirl" — 35 days **still charting

"If it holds, it will become the first album in chart's history to keep every track in the Billboard Global 200 for seven consecutive weeks." BTS YOU ARE INSANE.

ARIRANG has surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify!

Fastest 2026 Songs to hit 100M streams on Spotify Overall(days): #1 #BTS SWIM — 8 #2 #BTS Body To Body — 18 #2 Risk it All — 18 #3 I Just Might — 22 #4 #BTS Hooligan — 24 #5 #BTS 2.0 — 26 #6 #BTS FYA — 27 #6 #BTS NORMAL — 27 #7 #BTS Aliens — 30 #7 #BTS Like Animals — 30 #8 #BTS They dont know bout us — 32 #9 #BTS Merry Go Round — 36 #10 Aperture — 37 #11 Homewrecker — 40 days #12 #BTS One More Night — 41 #13 #BTS Please — 42 #14 #BTS Into the Sun — 44 [NEW] #15 E85 — 54 #16 iloveitiloveitiloveit — 69 CONGRATULATIONS BTS #Arirang_BTS #BTSComeback2026

"ARIRANG" by #BTS becomes the FIRST and ONLY 2026 Album Overall to have ALL IT'S SONGS surpass 100M streams each on Spotify!! — SWIM — Body To Body — Hooligan — 2.0 — FYA — NORMAL — Like Animals — Aliens — they don't know about us — Merry Go Round — One More Night — Please — Into the Sun [NEW] CONGRATULATIONS BTS #BTS_ARIRANG #Arirang_BTS #BTSComeback2026